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Road Test Video: 2012 Audi S7 Sportback

This weekend we reviewed the latest offering from Audi, the 2012 Audi S7 Sportback together with Tim aka Shmee150. At Munich Airport, Audi gave us the keys to a Rocky Mountain Dark Brown Audi S7 for a full-day road test. Ahead of our complete story plus pictures, we can share you Tim’s experience with the new S-model A7.

The luxury coupe features the new 4.0 TFSI with 420hp and 550Nm of maximum torque. The twin-turbo V8 accelerates the five-door coupe from 0 to 100km/h in 4.7 seconds, and top speed is limited to 250km/h. The eight-cylinder uses Audi’s “cylinder on demand” technology under part load for a lower fuel consumption.

The engine is linked to a seven-speed S-tronic gearbox. The adaptive air suspension sport, the Audi drive select dynamics system and quattro permanent all-wheel drive system with a self-locking center differential and torque vectoring come standard. The optional sport differential from Audi distributes the power in variable proportions between the rear wheels.